Softball 12U Fast Pitch
MCAA fast pitch is offered in both Spring and Fall seasons. Spring season is longer in duration than the fall season. Spring season usually starts in the beginning of April and goes through the end of June. The fall season begins after Labor Day and will conclude at the end of October.=
MCAA fast pitch teams participate in the Greater Pittsburgh Girls Softball League (GPGSL). During the GPGSL scheduling meeting, MCAA schedules games with teams assigned in MCAA group (usually teams of similar geographic areas).
The GPGSL uses the ASA rules for regular season games.
Some of the rules are as follow:
- Games are 7 innings long or 1.5 hours of play (finish the inning)
- Maximum 6 runs per inning, and then the teams switch (exception – if it is the 7th inning)
- Players can lead off the base when the ball is released from the pitcher's hand
- Players can steal any base
- Pitching distance is 40 feet, bases are 60 feet